Pop Quiz- why do terrorist want to attack us? This is not multiple choice. Short answers only, leave your answers in the comments below.
Before you answer, life is so confusing in the post rainbow flavored terror chart, so what exactly is the likelihood of an attempted terror attack on US Soil in the next 3-6 months?
Let’s ask Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, DIA Director Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Ambassador John R. Dinger. Across the board, their answer is: an attempted attack is a certainty.
That is a relief. I mean, the absolute certainty of it is a relief. But isn’t understanding the motivation of our enemies crucial to avoiding this perpetual state of alert? Certainly of you had picked any day in our history since September 10th, 2001 and asked the men who occupied those positions the same question, you would get the same response.
What to do about it? Currently our strategy includes covert operations including propaganda campaigns, assassinations, and election tampering – and I am not just talking about in the U.S., we do this overseas as well. When that fails we can resort to the indiscriminate bombings against sovereign nations that pose no security threat to us. It matters not, for the time being, that this is the very textbook definition for a war crime; we just like to call it the Bush Doctrine.
But didn’t the American people vote for change?
And isn’t anyone asking why we are now engaged in a war that will never end? Someone somewhere will always be a terrorist.
We have smart people running this country. They certainly know that it is the shift in foreign policy of the United States of America starting with the day we dropped the Bomb on Hiroshima that is the cause of our war on terror. Once the Manhattan project opened the Pandora’s box of nuclear annihilation, forgein policy became less about right and wrong, and more about a very profitable game of chess. The military industrial complex profits by keeping the endgame going for as long as possible- and nothing has proven effective is stopping it.
A false flag operation in Pearl Harbor paved the way for it.
Proxy wars have been fought to feed it.
Activists have been killed over it.
Presidents have been killed over it.
Towers have come down for it.
What to do?
In a capitalist system, greed, so goes the saying, is good.
The intelligence strategists mentioned earlier know that for every act of covert or overt aggression we engage in overseas, we will encounter blowback.
Could we not conceive of a strategy that involved funneling all of the money we spend on weapons into building schools, investing in real recovery plans, or simply closing the U.S. military bases around the world and coming home? What if we took 90% of our current military spending and created a peace corps on steroids?
What would the blow back be for a plan like that?
Someone, somewhere needs to find a way to make Peace more profitable than war, because one things for certain, and two things for sure: Empires don’t last forever, and the Hypercapitalist military industrial complex is not loyal to a flag, only the bombs bursting in air above it.Pop Quiz- why do terrorist want to attack us? This is not multiple choice. Short... more
Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man. Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.
Isn’t it wonderful that a decades old American comic book hero is now being used to turn readers against our very political system, being used to slander folks that are standing up for real American principles in real life — and one called “Captain America” at that?Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful... more
A recent report from Reuters reveals some disturbing news about China: the water pollution levels recorded in the official reports were found to be merely half the actual levels. Meaning that China's water pollution is literally twice as bad as its government claimed it was in 2007.
LINK : http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/china-water-pollution-twice-official-listed-levels.phpA recent report from Reuters reveals some disturbing news about China: the water... more
Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies. At TEDxBerlin, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by his organization Transparency International.
Poster's note: Brilliant stuff this guy talks about... maybe equality isn't so far off, after all?
Also, this video lasts 16 minutes, so I recommend pulling up a seat for watching this.Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be... more
The Internet Security Alliance presented Melissa Hathaway with its annual award for vision in cyber security Tuesday during an event at the National Press Club. Hathaway, the Obama Administration’s former acting cyber security chief, received the McCurdy Award on the one-year anniversary of when she began her 60-day review of the government’s cyber security program. ISA believes that Hathaway’s work, if implemented, would result in the establishment of a modern partnership between the public and private sectors, which is necessary for an effective and sustainable system of cyber security.
Authorities’ claim that virtual strip search pictures immediately destroyed proven fraudulent – use of devices needs to be halted now.
Claims on behalf of authorities that naked body scanner images are immediately destroyed after passengers pass through new x-ray backscatter devices have been proven fraudulent after it was revealed that naked images of Indian film star Shahrukh Khan were printed out and circulated by airport staff at Heathrow in London.
UK Transport Secretary Lord Adonis said last week that the images produced by the scanners were deleted “immediately” and airport staff carrying out the procedure are fully trained and supervised.
“It is very important to stress that the images which are captured by body scanners are immediately deleted after the passenger has gone through the body scanner,” Adonis told the London Evening Standard.
Adonis was forced to address privacy concerns following reports that the images produced by the scanners broke child pornography laws in the UK. When the scanners were first introduced, it was also speculated that images of famous people would be ripe for abuse as the pictures produced by the devices make genitals “eerily visible” according to journalists who have investigated trials of the technology.
However, the Transport Secretary’s assurances were demolished after it was revealed on the BBC’s Jonathan Ross show Friday that Indian actor Shahrukh Khan had passed through a body scan and later had the image of his naked body printed out and circulated by Heathrow security staff.
more at link...Authorities’ claim that virtual strip search pictures immediately destroyed... more
According to Peter Greenberg, the author of CRM at the Speed of Light, social CRM is a philosophy and a business strategy, supported by a technology platform and designed to engage a customer in a collaborative conversation in order to provide mutually beneficial value in a trusted and transparent business environment…
Think Government Is Corrupt? You May Face 10 Years In Jail
South Carolina forces “subversives” to register with the authorities or do hard time
Paul Joseph Watson
Monday, February 8, 2010
Subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in South Carolina, in another chilling example of how free speech and dissent is being criminalized in America.
The state’s “Subversive Activities Registration Act” is now officially on the books and mandates that “Every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States … shall register with the Secretary of State.”Think Government Is Corrupt? You May Face 10 Years In Jail
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In your policy it states quite clearly that no claim that you make will be paid. You unfortunately plucked for our Never-Pay Policy, which if you never claim is very worthwhile - but, uh, you had to claim - and there it is… Monty Python’s Flying Circus, circa 1971
Mandated by the government, babies in the US are screened for genetic diseases, often without the consent of parents, and information is stored by the state.
Parents in Texas, and Minnesota have filed lawsuits, and these parents’ concerns are sparking a new debate about whether it’s appropriate for a baby’s genetic blueprint to be in the government’s possession.
According to the state of Minnesota’s Web site, samples are kept so that tests can be repeated, if necessary, and in case the DNA is ever need to help parents identify a missing or deceased child. The samples are also used for medical research.
In some states, including Minnesota and Texas, the states are required to destroy a baby’s DNA sample if a parent requests it. Parents who want their baby’s DNA destroyed are asked to fill out this form in Minnesota and this form in Texas.
In other states it can be more difficult to get the state to respond.Mandated by the government, babies in the US are screened for genetic diseases, often... more
When Annie Brown’s daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.
While grateful to have the information — Isabel received further testing and she doesn’t have the disease — the Mankato, Minnesota, couple wondered how the doctor knew about Isabel’s genes in the first place. After all, they’d never consented to genetic testing.
It’s simple, the pediatrician answered: Newborn babies in the United States are routinely screened for a panel of genetic diseases. Since the testing is mandated by the government, it’s often done without the parents’ consent, according to Brad Therrell, director of the National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center.When Annie Brown’s daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked... more
Actual unemployment rates are at least twice what the government reports due to the inadequacy of their ability to poll all the people without jobs and not just those collecting unemployment insurance.
The more people become disqualified for unemployment but remain unemployed; the higher the actual rate will climb, the more people will be excluded from the official unemployment rate, and the less accurate and more understated the official numbers become.Actual unemployment rates are at least twice what the government reports due to the... more
SECTION 23-29-10. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Subversive Activities Registration Act."
SECTION 23-29-20. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the following words, phrases and terms are defined as follows:
(1) "Subversive organization" means every corporation, society, association, camp, group, bund, political party, assembly, body or organization, composed of two or more persons, which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States, of this State or of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence or other unlawful means; "SECTION 23-29-10. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Subversive... more
OPPORTUNITY
In the near future the Citizens of Florida will have an opportunity to show their opposition to oil drilling as close as 3 to 10 miles off our coast.
This movement will be made of people of all walks of life and will cross political affiliations.
This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our shoreline, our tourism, our valuable properties and our way of life. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting our waterways and beaches from the devastating effects of oil drilling.
We are Protesting to Protect!
Hands Across The Sand is devoted to protecting our coastline and waterways from the devastating environmental effects of oil exploration and support industries.
MISSION STATEMENT
1. To raise awareness about pending Florida legislation to drill for oil in our coastal waters.
2. To organize a statewide coastal movement to protest this legislation. This protest will bring thousands of Florida's citizens to our beaches and will draw metaphorical and actual lines in the sand; human lines in the sand against near shore oil drilling in our waters. This event will be held on Saturday February 13, 2010.
3. To convince our Legislators and Governor to drop any and all Legislation that would allow this folly.
Please join us in creating what could become the largest public gathering in the history of our state: February 13, 2010.
What To Do On…
February 13, 2010
STEP 1
Go to the beach at 1:00 PM Eastern/12:00 PM Central Time for one hour, rain or shine.
STEP 2
At 1:30 PM EST/12:30 PM CST, join hands for 10 minutes forming lines in the sand against oil drilling in our coastal waters.
STEP 3
Leave only your footprints.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
For ANYONE who is unable to attend, but would like to show their support, please visit the Hands Across the Sand's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/HandsAcrossTheSand. Here, you will find a online link to show your support.
Protect Florida’s Beaches
Surfrider Foundation
Progress Florida
Audubon of Florida
Defenders of Wildlife
Infosec Island, the new online community designed especially for IT and network professionals who manage information security, risk and compliance issues, today announced its new Q1 membership drive promotion. From now until March 31st, anyone who signs up for a free Infosec Island membership will be automatically entered in the Q1 Infosec Port of Call Drawing to win one of three great prizes.
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Medicare is financed in part by payroll taxes imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions. When there are employees, the tax is equal to 2.9% (1.45% withheld from the employee and a matching 1.45% paid by the company) of the salaries and other compensation in connection with employment. Until December of 1993, the law provided a cap on wages, etc., on which the Medicare tax could be imposed each year. On January 1, 1994, the compensation limit was removed. In the case of individuals who are self employed, the entire 2.9% tax of earnings must be paid by the self-employed individual, however half of the tax can be deducted from the income calculated for income tax purposes.Learn about the Medicare HealthcareProgram
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The first US national convention of the Tea Party movement has begun, with former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin due to appear as a speaker.
LINK : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8498688.stmThe first US national convention of the Tea Party movement has begun, with former... more
When Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.
LINK : http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/04/baby.dna.government/index.htmlWhen Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked... more
At least two of the six MPs and peers under investigation by police over expenses fraud will be charged today.The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, will make a live TV statement at 11am on which parliamentarians or peers should face trial.
A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Gates wrote that Israel would assassinate President Obama. Few members of the public took it seriously. Members of the “not so public” knew it already, this and much more. Last weeks bungled CIA burglary of Senator Landieu’s office, done by a covert operations crew from the DOD and CIA “non official cover” recruits didn’t seem like much. It was like the tip of an iceberg, you only see a bit, but much more is hidden. What are we hiding? During the Bush administration, a “second state” within America was built, hidden behind crooked Federal prosecuting attorney’s hired by Ashcroft and Gonzales who ran and may still be involved in hiding operations under the authority of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove.
Remember the talk about Dick Cheney running the JSOC, Joint Special Operations Command, normally a military command that answers to the JCOS (Joint Chiefs of Staff), Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense, under Congressional oversight? Remember that all that oversight was removed? Why do you think that was?
Our “joint command” got privatized. CIA functions were given to companies like Blackwater who answered to the GOP, not Congress or the President. Israel and their Mossad were included with their history of “false flag” attacks and spying against the US. Members out of every agency, FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, DOD, and every military command were “selected” for participation in a special “extra legal” read illegal organization. Even when a new administration took office, hundreds of Federal officials in key positions kept working for their old bosses along with thousands of “contractors” and rogue “shadow” employees of the dozen or so spy agencies, people who were never really on an official payroll. All of America’s real spies work for the press, think tanks, UN organizations, banks, oil companies or similar commercial “covers.” A country may have 200 American spies in it with only 2 being CIA and those carry diplomatic passports.A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Gates wrote that Israel would assassinate President Obama.... more
